Tad Bartimus: Living With The Horrors Of Rat Lungworm Disease
“I thought I had the flu because I had chills, so I got Tamiflu from the doctor to keep going,” Tricia Mynar remembers. “I’m a workaholic.” The veteran preschool teacher and administrator for...
View Article‘Terrible’ Report On Care Home Inspections Is Finally In
When Hawaii lawmakers decided last year to require unannounced inspections of state-licensed care facilities for the elderly and disabled — a policy most states adopted years ago to hold the growing...
View ArticleHPD Major Retires Amid Justice Department Corruption Probe
A Honolulu police major caught up in a federal corruption investigation involving city law enforcement has retired after 33 years of service. Gordon Shiraishi’s last day with the Honolulu Police...
View ArticleHonolulu Police Chief Applications Are Rolling In
“Double-digits.” That’s all Honolulu Police Commission Chairman Max Sword will say about how many people have applied to become the city’s next police chief. Monday is the deadline for candidates to...
View ArticleHawaii Injunction Against Travel Ban Goes To Appeals Court In May
A federal appeals court in San Francisco decided Monday that it will hold a hearing in May over an injunction issued by a federal judge in Honolulu against President Donald Trump’s revised executive...
View ArticleDenby Fawcett: Media Training For Honolulu Cops A Waste of Money
I have been a news reporter for more than 50 years, covering everything from the Vietnam War to Hawaii politics to the Honolulu Police Department. If HPD had asked me how to improve its media...
View ArticleState GOP Must Open Doors To Change
Civil Beat staff published a commentary in its February 27 issue. In it, the writers characterized the Hawaii Republican Party as being out of touch. It also stated that the party is becoming...
View ArticleTad Bartimus: What You Need To Know About Rat Lungworm Disease
A few years ago I heard about a weird disease on the Big Island. I live on Maui so I didn’t worry about it. A few months ago I heard about an alien slug on Maui. I didn’t worry about it. When two Maui...
View ArticleLawsuit: Police Officers, Union Tried To Cover Up Bar Shooting
Hyun Ju Park was shot in the stomach by an off-duty Honolulu police officer on April 3, 2015. Officials described the incident as an accident. Park was a bartender at Kings Sports Bar, and Anson...
View ArticleLawmakers Fail To Fund Hawaii’s Ambitious Housing Plans — Again
Affordable housing advocates fear the Legislature won’t allocate enough money this year to have a meaningful effect on Hawaii’s housing shortage. When the session began in January, lawmakers had...
View ArticleWill Joe Souki Be Hawaii’s Next Lt Gov?
When folks at the big square building on Beretania tire of talking about bills, conversation turns to politics. The speculation goes a little something like this: Shan Tsutsui is bored being Hawaii’s...
View ArticleOkinawa Documentary Portrays The Legacy Of War
Exactly 72 years to the week after U.S. forces launched one of World War II’s bloodiest chapters — the Battle of Okinawa — Tokyo-based director John Junkerman is premiering his documentary film...
View ArticlePoverty Is A Statewide Epidemic
Catholic Charities Hawaii sees the reduction of poverty in Hawaii as one of its top priorities. CCH has programs serving elders, children, the developmentally disabled, the houseless and immigrants....
View ArticleIn An Angry And Fearful Nation, An Outbreak Of Anti-Semitism
Editor’s note: Honolulu Civil Beat is among the news organizations partnering with ProPublica to better track hate crimes throughout the country. Documenting Hate has developed a form that you can use...
View ArticleAirports Need Stronger Leadership, Not A New Oversight Board
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Hawaii Tourism Authority. UH Board of Regents. Would anyone point to these government creations as models of openness and accountability to taxpayers?...
View ArticleBills To Improve Child Care Facilities Near Approval
Two bills that supporters say will make parents feel their kids are being properly taken care of in child care facilities are nearing the finish line at the Hawaii Legislature. Senate Bill 511 and...
View ArticleHonolulu Police Chief Job Attracts At Least 30 Applicants
The Honolulu Police Commission will have at least 30 candidates to choose from for the next police chief, according to Chairman Max Sword. At a commission meeting Wednesday, officials announced that so...
View ArticleProposal To Charge For Honolulu Trash Pickup Discarded For Now
Oahu residents worried about Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s proposal to make them start paying for trash collection can breathe a sigh of relief. The Honolulu City Council Budget Committee deferred Bill 10 on...
View ArticleHouse Panel Ponies Up Another $1.2 Billion For Honolulu Rail
The question of how to pay for Honolulu’s over-budget and oft-delayed rail system got a few answers Wednesday. But they were not the ones that city and rail officials were hoping to hear. Instead of...
View ArticleMost Hawaii House Members Won’t Say Where They Stand On Aid In Dying
When it comes to one of the most high-profile issues before the Legislature — medical aid in dying — most House members are remaining silent about their position. Civil Beat called all 51 members to...
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